this call in the middle of the not cost here my brother. was one of syria's most experienced civil pilots u.s. educated he logged more than twenty thousand hours around the globe he was coming home from the airport when gunmen attacked his car. radical islam is the worst enemy of radical islam since when you're well rounded incapable of using your page you're trying to estimate what's going on boy yourself. his brother a plastic surgeon also received brads their family belongs to the alloway it's the same religious group as assad but they were never politically active you said the

documents confirm syria's opposition has a hit list which scientists engineers doctors and civil servants on it. what started as a battle against the regime now increasingly looks like a battle against the syrian state but there are around a million and a half of the country's civil servants are becoming targets doctors teachers municipal workers have all been kidnapped or assassinated for simply doing their work and the government in the world where they seem aquatica not has two distinct groups of people working for a political fox whose job is to keep the ruling party in power and civil servants to make sure that streets are cleaned and hospitals are running and in syria regardless of that political affiliation civil servants are being targeted as assad sympathizers in damascus hospitals window blinds are permanently drawn not because of the scorching heat but for fear of snipers a local doctor was kidnapped on his way from work

a few months ago his family hasn't heard from him since his colleagues are now afraid of revealing that identities. all the syrian people are in danger children the elderly farm workers civil servants doctors and scientists there are no exceptions to the fact that my life and the lives of other syrian people aren't true makes me tremble with fear but i'm concerned for my country and willing to sacrifice my wife my well being and safety for it. along with fears put their safety syrian civil servants also have to deal with a much higher workload many now put in sixty hour weeks with barely a day off due to inflation their salaries have devalued as have their lives so i am not surprised to hear that some groups within the free syrian army are targeting those people who are trying to make life better or orderly because at the end of the day if things get back to normal they will lose any support they will lose any

attention from the media from the international community it is in the interests of some factions in the opposition to make things worse for people so that those people who are in the silent majority join in the fight and around the world attacks against they don't situations carry some of the highest sentences and promptly condemned terrorism yet in syria for the sake of ousting one man millions of lives are put on the line that's not boyko artsy demasi syria. so with on this hour here in r.t. israel and egypt trade accusations over a failed border. that stirred believe great original tension is exactly what the attackers wanted. also the car virtual trial of the anti put on ban and here is its final stage with public debate centered on whether of the trio shopping a simple form of deserves the harshest. of the obama

administration is taking the lead plugged into a new level president of manhunt a sweeping u.s. state agencies in an attempt to root out data spills that are becoming increasingly frequent but has gone into account now reports not all kinds of leaks are being criminalized. the f.b.i. is on a hunt believe curves they have interviewed current and former high level government officials from the white house the pentagon the national security agency and the cia all to reveal those who spilled the beans investigation has already kept a distinct chill over press coverage of national security issues as journalists here say agencies declined routine interview requests and refused to provide background briefings on top of that the legislation is in the works in the u.s. congress that would for example allow to strip the government's employee of their position in punishment or on authorized sharing of information with the media so

you have an assault on the first one both the government and the lawmaker a former assistant director of the cia is that everybody in the intelligence world agrees never have there been so many level leaks one has to go with ministration as being so hard on leakers as this one we're talking about all kinds of the leaks about the administration's targeted killings program as it continues to illegally execute suspected terrorists abroad or leaks about government agencies sweeping surveillance capabilities that whole feel bomb administration alone has prosecuted six government officials believe king information to the press more than all other passive ministrations find earlier i spoke with one of them on the break that is who once was a senior executive of america's largest intelligence agency and he blew the whistle on fraud and abuse with regard to the agency's secret surveillance program here's what he told me speaking truth to power is very dangerous and it is world power elites. those in charge they don't like dirty linen being your.

they don't like the skeletons in the closet. scene. and they not only do they object to it they decide to turn it into criminal activity. i guess we have to point out that not all of the start being criminalized because you have a type of information that the government leaks deliberately to manage and control the discourse in the media so to say but any journalist would tell you that it's the on authorized that really helped reveal a sensitive story to the public otherwise journalists would just have to copy paste and reprint whatever the government decides to release to the press in washington i'm going to check out. spain's authorities are also accused of trying to spin the media their own way as we report in a few minutes the country's technocrat government forced the several journalists off a state t.v. channel for slamming the massive cuts and forced to leave e.u.

bailout conditions. tolerance and political correctness may have reached its limit in the belgian city of gand a man who was mental disability is running for office insisting his condition should be no offical to a political career but as our tests are still in our reports not everyone agrees we're here again to city in flanders no for it's pretty medieval town center but it's also recently made headlines when a political party put a man with mental disabilities on its candidate list for local elections meet him on the forty one year old candidate of the flemish christian democrats who's hoping to get a seat in get city council he admits he has difficulties in speaking and writing. i've been active in community work for a living years our parties. and

any way possible in a country with. bootle tells r.t. he believes leaving the euro zone is the only way greece can save itself and the

full interview is next hour here is a preview. greece in my needs to get out of the euro i cannot see any way in which this current policy of austerity is going to bring any relief or stop this rounding process of trying to bring prices and wages down takes years decades correct the sort of on competitiveness that greece is going through i don't think it's possible to imagine return to economic growth in the current setup by contrast at the euro breaks i can imagine economic growth so far from being a disaster i think it could be the major step that leads to the restoration of growth in europe. telecon of virtual pussy riot punk trio are preparing to make their final pleas to the judge the are on trial for protesting in russia's main cathedral and are now waiting to see whether that will be their final performance or whether the show will go on are just bitter all over a looks at the case and his report includes images of

a sexual nature. it's the trial that's gripped global attention three members of the punk rock collective pussy riot are accused of hooliganism after taking part in an anti putin protest inside moscow's main cathedral the demonstration dubbed a punk rock prayer to rid russia or of vladimir putin to media focus around the world now the three women in the dock face up to seven years in jail. but i would like to reiterate our stance which we have expressed from the very start our defendants did not perpetrate a criminal offense and therefore any verdict of court say for an acquittal will be unlawful. the group of being called political prisoners by human rights groups and media outlets donning support from many within the music industry staying faith no more and the red hot chili peppers of all called for the women to be set free but groups associated with the russian orthodox church were outraged by the

demonstration and called for the harshest penalties available however those who defend the women say the protest wasn't born out of any religious hatred. this x. obviously had political character which just went side by side with other such political acts the didn't stand out so the attempt to proclaim what has happened as abusive actions motivated by religious hatred is ridiculous. that political character and the search for the shocking is clearly visible when you look at what the group of done previously pussy riot have continuously courted controversy past stunts of included inviting the media to an orgy in a museum and one member performing a sex act with a frozen chicken in a supermarket because the performance though was a step too far for many in a nation where the majority of people orthodox kristie in search of a foremans in the country's main cathedral saw some accusing the group of blasphemy however some of russia's most ardent anti-government activists who agree the women

took things too far. i also said they shouldn't be punished too harshly and they don't deserve it by the way i strongly disapprove of their act i'm old enough to be their dad so i would just spank them properly and let them off and now when they face up to seven years of prison this is going to far feel. the call for clemency was repeated by president putin the man who was the targets of the protest. but i hope the court will rule with a just decision if the bonds let's say defiled a sacred place in israel they would have to cope with some tough guys there and would face difficulties when attempting to leave the country or to for example they went to the caucuses and defaced a muslim shrine security wouldn't have enough time to protect them from public anger. nevertheless i don't think we should judge them too strictly i hope they've made some important conclusions themselves anyway the final decision rests with the court. the trial continues here in moscow is public opinion is divided over what

punishment if any should be handed down to the three women in the dock r.t. moscow going to follow up all our stories that are here com and we've got plenty more for you there including a real girl gets into the groove in moscow find out how madonna started the fitness club at the russian capital. was record surface top secret you as israeli troops here to ron find out online whether there are any grounds to the robes. egypt has accused israel spy agency mossad of orchestrating sunday's attack at a border checkpoint that left at least sixteen security officials dead israel

denies the claims blaming islamic militants and criticizing polis revolution in egypt for losing its grip of the region to political analyst erin drives or things the attackers goal was to put the two countries at loggerheads. it's less important to examine necessarily who might have carried that out because it's somewhat unknown but the significance of this playing up the idea that egypt and israel must be at each other it benefits both sides because the muslim brotherhood is able to play to their base while the reactionaries in israel behind netanyahu and the ultra right are able to play to theirs so this is stoking the conflict stoking the tension in order to execute the geo political agenda of the west there is the obvious which is to destroy whatever cooperation does exist as a remnant of the egyptian israeli treaties this is also perhaps to bolster the muslim brotherhood in terms of the salafi. extremist elements in egypt

but at the very at a very basic level this is to stoke the conflict that is existing in that region and drives up the cost of gas for example attacking the gas pipeline infrastructure and a variety of other geo political issues this is just political in nature not a logical one r.t. let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world hillary clinton visited south africa part of a trip aimed at curbing chinese influence in africa the u.s. secretary of state was a two billion dollar loan for renewable energy ventures tree but warned against working with other countries to explore natural resources last month beijing promised twenty billion dollars in loans to african countries over the next three years. yet as mars rover is continuing to send images back to earth after its successful landing on the red planet curiosity is investigating whether the planet has ever hosted life its mission will last up at least for four years that is the

lead the nuclear powered machine was tested for. now more than fifty people have been killed by floods in the philippines where torrential rains continue to pound the country tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the capital and work in offices and schools has been suspended the downpour set off by the seasonal months it also caused the region's major dams and rivers to overflow. spain's right wing government has been accused of silencing the sand and number of journalist were sacked from the state shall for the or critical stands over and banged by a lot of sweeping hysteria some in the spanish media believe marianna revoice technocrat government is destroying democracy in the country. never in the spanish history of public television after the fight i'm going to shape the government control of the television or radio was stronger now a days in my opinion the deceased democracy probably the best question to china to

raise a political situation in a spanish lack of democracy the government. banks and markets and a little abusing is going to be due to your soul noble but anyone who does not understand the media's right to c.d.'s and write books information for the government of public television and public radio yes political welcomes before the arrival of my i'm a hold to the government it was necessary at least a conscientious between the main political parties represented in the parliament and the trade unions you know ordered to constitute our leading leading team in the administration control of the public radio and public television unfortunately they will remain as a whole you change the law and now decorum and to control the absolute control of television without any kind of like remain with all their ideas on the tree showed . us to visit their square marinas there for us and following the

market action right now and there's a definite has been proposed to measure the state of an economy based on a happen s. and x. what's that all about all right i think it would be funny if that's how it worked out in the magic if we just had to fill in the form saying are you happy or are you not you know that could be personal problems as well factor and for that out of them that would be a very accurate measurement of them call me but of course it's not complicated and i'll get to that in a second but first a second look at the asian markets which are the only ones traded this hour because of course next hour there are some markets will open and as we can see there is some markets are extending gains from the previous session and we saw steep gains the last time so this is one good the case the lot over half a percent and the hang seng is slightly behind there are also reports that. it's our number a nearly all this is coming from a more optimistic points of view coming from europe because we might be seen european born flying that's what investors are hoping for when it comes to japan we're seeing polls the earnings reports that are helping boost the sentiment there

now one which is not doing that well and that is in hong kong is british investment banks. it's in fact over seven percent this hour someone pointed towards the size and that says it is suspected of hiding tens of thousands of tons actions with the wrong which is of course subject to u.s. economic sanctions american financial regulators have said the bank has laundered as much as two hundred and fifty billion dollars over nearly a decade now standard chartered which denies the allegations faces losing its u.s. banking license. in other news the u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke you can see him there on the screen has suggested paying more attention to alternative economic indicators rather than the v.p. which can sometimes mask important information he gave an example of the better life and next used by the organization for economic cooperation and development which compares countries indicators of quality of life ben bernanke he also cites of the

kingdom of the tong which stopped tracking this g.d.p. in the one nine hundred seventy two in favor of a gross national happiness index and he said non-conventional indicators could help analysts measure the real state of economic affairs. but if you take a look at the exchange rates we see that the euro a solution against the u.s. dollar when it comes to the ruble extended its gains against both major currencies on monday in fact it closed at its highest level of the summer well given the updated figures when there are some markets will open which is in an hour from now if we take a look at monday's trading session will see that the market particularly well with see that b.r.t. has had almost two and a half percent and m i six added over a one percent there now if. all of the country is there right now while on the talk about the clearing up efforts in the arctic because of russia's geographic society has not kicked off a mission of clearing up collective industrial garbage from the islands in the

barents sea and in fact before the expedition kicked off a lot of area putin the did say that russia is boosting its exhibits is in the region and it's not the only one doing so all the arctic nations are planning to follow suit as such and the public on our reports. greener than you think this is the arctic temperatures this july top to those in moscow and rising on average twice as fast as and you where else in the world the record i smelled has made the arctic's vast natural resources easier to get than ever before i'm not spending all what's called to be horrid off our planet oil and gas reserves and in fact that have been seven bordering countries and even china eager to labor cuomo five arctic countries russia norway denmark canada and the us have the right to explore waters up to three hundred seventy kilometers coasts but it's the central pullers zone

that may now be up for grabs russia's already owns a vast arctic territory but there are concerns that this may unite the others against moscow's polar you know you. make. you think. he's not helping. keep always saying. you know. thank you. for taking. the. most recently denmark as a last contender to send an expedition to the pole cold for developing their arctic according to a civilized manner of behavior and proposed a drilling moratorium in the central polar zone. giant rosneft signed contracts to explore russia's arctic with america's exxon mobil norway's stance on and any

billions of dollars is already pledged but much more will come when the pool is partitioned and the borders set so the more businesses that come here the quick of its own chart of an unforgiving this nation home to many political battles will transform into a high tech economic hub that help a core business r.t. the arctic. and next hour is when everything kicks off because the russian markets well then followed by europe and of course everything there will be more developments throughout the day that's it for me and i'm marina back to you andy thanks very much indeed for this now stay with us for our latest spotlight interview show coming up in a few moments after they had lines. thank .

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